Burnley to the rescue

Burnley have come to the aid of neighbours Accrington Stanley by raising thousands of pounds for the modest League Two side's survival fund as the club based in the north-west of England battles to stay in business. Stanley face becoming the first club...

Burnley have come to the aid of neighbours Accrington Stanley by raising thousands of pounds for the modest League Two side's survival fund as the club based in the north-west of England battles to stay in business.

Stanley face becoming the first club to go out of existence twice during a league season after the demise of the original team in 1962.

The Lancashire club was reformed in 1968 and regained its League place in 2006.

Now it has been ordered to settle a tax bill of £308,000 owed to the Inland Revenue in the next seven weeks, or else be forced out of business. Premier League Burnley played Accrington at Turf Moor on Tuesday night when 5,000 people raised about £50,000 for the club.

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